The bar chart illustrates the value of a country’s exportation in multiple categories from 2015 to 2016, whereas the table represents the proportion change in each category of exports in 2016 compared to the previous year.
Overall, it is evident that the structure of petroleum products, engineered goods experienced the largest rise throughout the period, while the others also followed an upward trend. By contrast, the figure for gems and jewellery witnessed an opposite trend.
Looking at the trend on the bar chart, it can be seen that the figure for petroleum products topped at approximately $61 billion, and this figure rose to around $63 billion in 2016, remaining the dominant category. Similarly, engineered products increased from $58 billion to about $61 billion in 2016. Meanwhile, the account for gems and jewellery experienced a slight decline from over $41 billion to just over $40 billion in the following year, dropping 5.18%.
In addition, the sales of agricultural goods showed an increased minimally from over $30 billion to just around $31 billion, reflecting a small rise up of 0.81%. Particularly, there was a marked increase in textiles, rising from $28 billion to around $31 billion; this was also represented its significant rate of 15.24%.